Randall to Speak at Farm Bureau Rally Saturday
C C Randall assistant state Extension director will speak at Hempstead County Farm Bureau's first annual rally at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station on Saturday May 15. The event features a barbecue lunch, a 200 foot food table, prize presentations, and talks on pasture management soil erosion and orchard management with local officials and farm bureau leaders. The program includes music by the Hempstead WPA String Band and ends after a closing statement by C C Murray.
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C.C. Randall
Hempstead County Farm Bureau
Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
H. H H. Huskey
Rouunty Farm Bureau
L. Hiler
Nevada County
J. A. Pauli
Soil Conservation Service
Bford
TUS
L. W. Buchanan
Nevada County Farm Bureau
H_ LH. Huskey
Atel Rural Life
L. €. Buber
Disteiet
C. C. Murrall
Gine
Pluto Vince
PB. Cyr- Shyu
L. and A. Seek $4 Million Loan for Rail Equipment
The Louisville and Arkansas Railway seeks I C C permission to issue 475000 of 4 percent equipment trust certificates. Of this total, 400000 in series A would buy 150 boxcars and 30 hopper cars costing 16000 each, with 75000 in series B for three locomotives and related rolling stock.
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Washington
Loui & Arkansas Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hye
Willeh
Close Escape for Port Ground Crew
LAZENURST New Jersey Lieut Taylor commander of the ground crew aboard the Hindenburg inquiry testified that the initial flame appeared from an air explosion inside the hull. He described a small flame patch preceded by a report forward of the port side above the ship's longitudinal axis as witnesses fled for safety.
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Lazenurst
N. J
FP. Taylor
Department of Commerce
Turned Brown By Brown Turner
LONGVIEW Texas The British are spending much money to crown a new king while he keeps silent and careful about meals. In England a king must be born royal, just as in the U.S. you once had to be born Republican to be elected president. Now things are different. It seems Mr Ford, who makes automobiles, is like the rest of us about taxes. He dislikes them but cannot do much.
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Longview
Texas
England
Ford
Permanent CCC Defeated in House as Extension Passes
The House rejected Roosevelt's plan for a permanent CCC. A two year extension bill cleared on a roll call vote of 385 to 7 and moves to the Senate for consideration. The vote marks rejection of a permanent civilian conservation corps and approval of a temporary continuation.
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Wasitngton
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Labor group awards charters in new union drive
The John L. Lewis Committee for Industrial Organization issued first charters to the United Transport Workers in New York and the United Chocolate Workers at Hershey as it presses toward a permanent labor organization rivaling the AFL. Extra police guarded Hollywood studios amid walkouts and looming strikes as producers offered wage talks if unions end the walkout. Steel labor and capital prepared for a showdown over Janes & Lathem steel and other Pittsburgh plants.
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Associated Press
John’ L. Lewis
American Federation of Libor
United Transport Workers
New York City
United Chocolate Workers
Hernhey
Lewis
United Mine Workers
C. LC
Thaistries
A. F
Hollywood Film Studios
Charles Lessing
Janes & Latehtiy Steel Corporation
Pillsburgh
Court Plan Fees Proposal Sparks Senate Votes
Roosevelt Court reorganization faced opposition as Senator Shipstead joined from hiatus and declared, I am not in favor of expanding the court by six. He questioned the temporary nature of a larger court and claimed many asserted claims about the court are untrue. Riverfront chatter and stray lines show political tension over the plan.
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Washington
Shipstead
Minna
Senate
State Rests Case in Probe of Police Death of Dickson
In Hot Springs Arkansas the state rested in the trial of seven former policemen charged with killing John Dickson a 32 year old jail prisoner during a December third degree grilling. The defense contends pneumonia from sleeping outdoors caused the death. Judge Dexter Bush ruled against admitting Dickson’s ruptured kidney as evidence. Assistant Prosecutor Curtis Ridgeway led witnesses Dr. B. Lee and H. L. Fletcher.
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How Springs
Ark
Hot Springs
John Dickson
Mier
Dexter Bush
Dickson
Curtis Ridgeway
DB. C. Lee
H. L. Fletcher
Hempstead
Normal Trade Is Goal for Cotton
Secretary Hull urged the cotton industry to resist organized groups aiming to bypass export trade. He said liberalized international trade is essential for lasting cotton prosperity, national welfare, and world peace, and praised expanding demand and new uses for cotton while warning against substituting foreign markets with domestic schemes.
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Washington
Hull
Memphis
Tenn
Octogenarian Keeps Busy in Clarendon Garden
Clarendon Texas article notes Elizabeth Anne Buby, now 81, shows tireless work ethic. She tends a broom house and garden, climbs a 20 foot ladder to wash windows, and stays active despite age.
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Clarendon
Tex
Elizabeth Anne Buby
Mind Your Manners at the Dinner Table
A 1937 NEA Servite guide answers common table etiquette questions. The head carver should carve quietly, bones removed before serving, meat cut across the grain, and portions shared fairly. If short, allow carving while seated and maintain decorum at the table.
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NEA Servite. Ine
Mrs Hamm Chosen Chairman Of Hempstead Welfare Board
Miss Gussie Haynie state welfare commissioner appointed Hempstead County Welfare Board members. Names include Mrs R L Franklin Hope H B Eley McCaskill C Nunn Hope Hugh Garner Spring Hill and Mrs B R Hamm Hope. Mrs Hann elected chairman with Mrs Lavena Dunkum Hope as county director. New board members replace old ones immediately per Mr Rider.
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Gussie Haynie
Hempstead
Hope
Dunkum
Reva Snyder
Claude Doyle
John Wellborn
Rider
Mrs Easterling Celebrates 87th Birthday in Texas
A Mother's Day gathering honored Ms D S Easterling of Hove on her 87th birthday. A dinner at Fairpark drew eight of her 12 grandchildren and many relatives including J C Easterling of Emmet and J C Easterling of Bodean W N Easterling of Hope and Denton Latham of Gladewater. She plans to observe a 88th birthday next year.
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Fairpark
J. C. Easterling
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Bodean
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Easterling
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Texarkina
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Bannet
H. E. Vann
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Texerkany
Wesley Medlin
Doulas
Ace Medlin
Gilmer
Texas
Denton Latham
Gladewater
Sure Rounding
Territory
Farley to Visit Magnolia June 3 Dedication Dinner
Postmaster General Farley to dedicate the Magnolia Arkansas postoffice with a community dinner on June 3. He is to arrive in Magnolia in the forenoon, deliver a dedicatory address, then travel by automobile to Little Rock to speak at a postal convention the next day.
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Farley
Magnolia Ark
Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Magnolia
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas City Attorney Testifies on Floodway Land Values
Hopson, an Arkansas City attorney, testified in federal court that land values in the Boonf floodplain area of Desha county rose steadily before the 1948 flood control act and fell to “nothing” after the floodway was established. He spoke for Mrs. Jilin Caroline Sponenbarger in her suit against the federal government over damages from the floodway's creation.
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Arkansas
Federal District Court
Boonf Flogday
Desha County
le Hat
Vastaby Lishing
Jilin
Caroline Sponenbarger
Josh Nichols to Head Peach Fete
Nashville Ark voters elected Josh Nichols chairman of a new group formed to sponsor the second annual peach festival. He will appoint chairmen for committees and call another meeting to finalize plans. The first festival drew wide interest and organizers expect a larger celebration this year. A late meeting will choose the fete date. The British Colonies Empire had 2,000,000,000 square miles of area and 50,000,000 population.
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Nashville
Ark
Josh Nichols
President Roosevelt Passes Through Fort Worth Wednesday
President Roosevelt, returning from a Gulf fishing trip, arrived in Fort Worth at 9 p.m. Tuesday and stayed at Elliott’s home before continuing toward Washington on Wednesday morning. He will travel via St. Louis and Indianapolis to reach the capital Friday. Earlier, he journeyed from Galveston to Houston then College Station where he reviewed five regiments of Texas A. and M. Cadets and spoke thrice that day. Chicago recorded its heaviest rainfall that August 11, 1923, with two and two fifths inches in 80 minutes.
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Texas
Roosevelt
Elliott
Washington
St. Louis
Indianapolis
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Houston
College Station
Texas A
Chicago
June Wedding for Windsor Simpson Delayed due to royal rift
In Monts France the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield postpone their wedding to early June amid differences with the British government. The couple were listening to King George VI's coronation when the disclosure was made, a coronation that Windsor abdicated to marry Wallis Warfield.
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France
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Wallis Warfield
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Edward of Windsor
Wallis Wiarfield
Edward
Jove
Mrs. Warfield
George VI Crowned in Historic Coronation at Westminster Abbey
London reports the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Westminster Abbey. The ceremony featured a regal procession, vows to just rule, and the crown jewels valued at thirty million dollars. Thousands cheered outside as the new king pledged honest governance.
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Iself
Cotton opens, closes steady amid quiet New Orleans session
May cotton opened in New Orleans at 12.80 and closed at 12.60. Spot cotton stayed quiet with minor changes around middling 14.20.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton
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